Joe Montana Net Worth 2018, Biography/Wiki, Married/Wedding

Joseph Clifford Montana, better called Joe Montana and frequently nicknamed The Comeback Kid or Joe Cool, is a former professional American Football player. Joe spent his last season, 1993-1994, playing with Kansas City Chiefs. During his career Montana has earned a vast variety of prestigious accolades. Among his awards and best career highlights are 4 Super Bowl Champ, 3 Super Bowl Most treasured player, UPI NFC Player of the Year titles and Bert Bell Award. Montana was raised in a modest coal miners’ town, only a little south of Pittsburg.

Joe Montana Net Worth $80 Million Dollars

His ability and passion for football, which eventually fostered Joe Montana net worth to tens of millions, unfolded when the lad was five. In the beginning Montana prepared with his dad. When the lad turned 8, Montana Sr. signed him to play in the youth football league. As Joe was too young for that, his dad lied about his real age. While studying there, Montana shone not only in football, but also basketball and baseball. After graduation from high school Joseph registered at University of Notre Dame, which had among the most powerful college football teams in the nation. His possibility was soon discovered by the trainer, Ara Parseghian. Once, when questioned by his wife who’s this Montana he continues to be talking about recently, Ara answered: he’s the guy that will feed our family for the subsequent few years.

Joe Montana net worth began to grow in 1979, when he was drafted by San Francisco 49ers. For the first season Joe was only a fill-in on the starter Steve DeBerg. Montana joined the beginning team at the center of 1980 season. The next year he helped 49ers to end with record score, 13-3. As a result of the four successful quarter-recoveries performed, this season is broadly regarded as among the most memorable episodes in Joe’s profession. What about his private life? Montana’s first wife was Kim Moses, his hometown sweetheart. They wed in 1974, when Joe Montana net worth was still close to zero, and went different ways after 3 years. Joe’s second union with Cass Castillo survived for precisely exactly the same interval. It seems like Joseph eventually found the love of his life in 1985, when he met Jennifer Wallace. The couple has raised four kids and is still living together.

Quick Facts

Birth date:

June 11, 1956 age 59

Birth place:

New Eagle, Pennsylvania, United States

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

205 lbs (92.99 kg)

Profession:

American football player, Coach

Education:

University of Notre Dame (1974–1979), Ringgold High School, Waverly Elementary, Finleyville Middle School

Interesting Facts

Lives on a 600-acre estate in Calistoga in Northern California's Napa Valley district where he enjoys cultivating grapes for wine-making.

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Attended Ringgold High School in Monongahela, PA.

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Oliver Stone named the main character (Tony Montana) in his 1983 movie Scarface (1983) after Montana.

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Ranks 5th on NFL All-Time Passer Rating List (92.26).

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Ranks 39th on NFL All-Time Yards Lost List (2,095).

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Tied with Roger Staubach at 30th on NFL All-Time Times Sacked List (313).

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Ranks 58th on NFL All-Time Passes Intercepted List (139).

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Ranks 7th on NFL All-Time Touchdown Passes List (273).

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Ranks 8th on NFL All-Time Gross Yards Passing List (40,551).

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Ranks 8th on NFL All-Time Pass Completions List (3,409).

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Ranks 9th on NFL All-Time Pass Attempts List (5,391).

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Earned the nickname "Joe Cool" because of his ability to remain calm in the biggest of game situations. The best example of this was in Super Bowl XXIII against the Cincinnati Bengals. With the 49ers on their own 8-yeard line, down by three points with 3:20 left to go in one of the biggest games of his career, Montana pointed toward the stands and said to tackle Harris Barton, "Hey look over there. Isn't that John Candy?" He then marched the 49ers on a 92-yard drive for the game-winning touchdown.

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Was ready to quit on the spot in the 1977 Purdue game when head coach Dan Devine sent Rusty Lisch in to replace the injured Gary Forystek. With the Irish still trailing 24-14 late in the 3rd, Devine replaced Lisch with Montana, the third-string quarterback. He engineered a 31-24 victory, and remained the starting QB for the rest of his Notre Dame career.

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Met Jennifer Montana when they did a Schick razor commercial. He proposed by hiring an airplane with a streamer reading "Jen, will you marry me?" Children: Alexandra Whitney (b. 10 October 1985), Elizabeth Jean (b. 20 December 1986), Nathaniel Joseph (b. 3 October 1989), and Nicholas Alexander (b. 28 April 1992).

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Has endorsed Coors beer, Mervyns stores and DirecTV since his retirement.

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Montana started playing peewee football when he was eight, a year younger than the legal limit. His father listed his age as nine.

Quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers (1979-1992) and Kansas City Chiefs (1993-1994).

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Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

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Quarterbacked Notre Dame to a National Championship in 1977.

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Led the Irish to last-minute victories in 1975 vs North Carolina and Air Force, Purdue and Clemson in 1977, and Houston in the 1979 Cotton Bowl, the latter being regarded as the greatest comeback in Notre Dame history. Staged a furious fourth-quarter rally vs USC in 1978, only to see the Trojans pull out a last-second win themselves in a game Coach John Robinson says he still has nightmares about.

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Wore number 3 while at Notre Dame, a number worn by many great Irish quarterbacks throughout the years.

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Sent a telegram to Irish quarterback Rick Mirer before Mirer's debut as a starter in the 1990 season opener reminding him to "take care of my number" (Mirer also wore #3 while at Notre Dame).

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Suffered a separated shoulder in the last pre-season scrimmage in 1976 and sat out the entire season.

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Was a member of the last class recruited by legendary Irish coach Ara Parseghian.

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The 49ers picked Montana in the third-round, acquired from Dallas, in the 1979 draft.

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California Supreme Court rejected his appeal to reverse an earlier Santa Clara County Superior Court ruling stating the San Jose Mercury News had the right to sell posters showing Montana in the Super Bowl. The Court ordered Montana to pay the Mercury News over $20,000 in lawyer fees and court costs, and awarded the paper additional fees for defending the appeal. [August 1995]

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Born at at 3:25pm EDT.

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Informed wife #2, Cass Castillo, that he was divorcing her by leaving her a "Dear Jane" letter at the 49ers' front office.